Assessment of urban ecosystem health based on matter element analysis: A case study of 13 cities in Jiangsu province, China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Xie, Xuefeng ^a   Pu, Lijie ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Limiting factors; Obstacle degree; Urban ecosystem health assessment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; LIMITING FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN PLANNING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOSPITAL BED; HOUSEHOLD; INVESTMENT; MATTER ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; CITY; HUMAN; POPULATION HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

CHINA; CITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; POPULATION HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 85028334156     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14080940     Document Type: Article

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